ALEXANDER GALAN | DATE 8/23/2011

Ross Bleckner and Frederic Tuten at ARTBOOK + R/Turpan

On Thursday, August 18, ARTBOOK + R/Turpan in East Hampton hosted a double booksigning with long-time friends artist Ross Bleckner and novelist Frederic Tuten. Bleckner signed copies of his new artist's book, A3: Our Lives in The New York Times, which gathers his clippings, over the years, of the Tiffany ad which sits next to the lead photo of the International Section of the paper. The juxtapositions range from humorous to disturbing. Tuten signed his book of short stories, Self Portraits: Fictions, which features a cover by Roy Lichtenstein, a lifelong friend of the author. Dorothy Lichtenstein was amongst the guests, along with Bob Colacello, Barbara Kruger, Eric Fischl and Ralph Gibson. Pillars of the Hamptons society and part of the community of authors on our list.

J.A. Forde, Ross Bleckner, Frederic Tuten, Johannes Vogt and friend

Barbara Kruger, Ross Bleckner and friend.

Dorothy Lichtenstein, Frederic Tuten and Laurie Anderson.

Mary Jane Marcasiano and Ralph Gibson (left) with Bastienne Schmidt (far right) and friend.

Frederic Tuten, Eric Fischl and Mary Jane Marcasiano.